The News Review:
- Ubuntu desktop for ARM CPUs
- Ubuntu to run on ARM-based netbooks
- How To Back Up An Ubuntu 8.10 System With SystemImager
- Ubuntu Kung Fu
- How-To Triple Boot XP, Vista, Ubuntu Linux (Part 4)
- Jamie’s Random Musings on Video IM
Ubuntu desktop for ARM CPUs
Heise Online, Germany
2008 14:16 « Previous | Next » Ubuntu desktop for ARM CPUs The ARM processor foundry and Canonical, which sponsors Ubuntu, together want to port the Ubuntu Desktop Linux distribution to the ARM v7 architecture. The primary aim is to give a complete Linux interface to mobile internet devices (MIDs) and other mobile equipment fitted with Cortex A8 and A9 CPUs. ARM is promising that such devices could be “always online” and yet last much longer on one battery charge than comparable devices fitted with x86 CPUs.
Ubuntu to run on ARM-based netbooks
ZDNet
ARM-based processors have traditionally been used in small devices such as mobile phones, but it emerged in October that ARM’s technology would soon be used in netbooks, the new breed of small, low-cost notebook PCs. Thursday’s announcement builds on that revelation, as well as on Canonical’s announcement in June that it would.
How To Back Up An Ubuntu 8.10 System With SystemImager
e-linux.it, Italy
This tutorial shows how to install a SystemImager server and a SystemImager client, both using Ubuntu 8. 1 Preliminary Note
I'm using an Ubuntu 8. 10 server with the IP address 192.
Ubuntu Kung Fu
IRISHDEV.com, Ireland
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In a few short years, the Linux operating system has gone from a hobbyist’s power tool to a highly usable, mainstream choice. The most popular version of Linux these days is called Ubuntu. Ubuntu’s rise to power has been rapid, historic and well-deserved. It’s the best Linux distribution ever, still most people only use a fraction of its power. In Ubuntu Kung Fu: Tips, Tricks, Hints, and Hacks (Pragmatic Bookshelf), award-winning Linux author Keir Thomas gets down and dirty with Ubuntu to provide over 300 concise tips that enhance productivity, avoid annoyances, and simply get the most from Ubuntu. You’ll find many unique tips here that can’t be found anywhere else.
How-To Triple Boot XP, Vista, Ubuntu Linux (Part 4)
Seguà la Flecha, Argentina
This 30-minute walk-through video tutorial (split into 4 parts) walks you through the partitioning and installation processes of Windows and Ubuntu. Learn how to correctly configure your harddrive to handle all three operating systems.
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Jamie’s Random Musings on Video IM
ZDNet UK, UK
10), and the upcoming releases of Debian (lenny), Fedora (10) and MEPIS (8. 0), I’ve been loading (or trying to load) each of these on each of the laptops, with varying degrees of success. - Ubuntu loads on both laptops just fine, no muss, no fuss, both work fine, displays are good, wired and wireless networks are good. Honestly, the ONLY two (minor) complaints that I have are that the Broadband Network (Sierra Wireless cellular modem) doesn’t connect using the “default” network manager configuration, although I can work around that, and they didn’t include OpenOffice 3. 10 release, so I had to upgrade that myself.